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Monsoon Session of Parliament to begin today

July 18, 2018

Monsoon Session of Parliament will begin today. Government has listed a substantive legislative business for the session. This includes 48 items including 46 Bills and two financial matters. The bill...

PM Modi seeks cooperation from all political parties to make Monsoon s...

July 18, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought cooperation from all political parties to make monsoon session productive. Addressing floor leaders of parties in the two Houses of Parliament, Mr Modi said govern...

Iran lodges complaint with ICJ against US sanctions

July 18, 2018

Iran has lodged a complaint with the International Court of Justice against the United States’ reimposition of sanctions, the foreign ministry said yesterday. Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said on t...

EU, Canada, Norway warn Sri Lanka over capital punishment

July 18, 2018

European Union (EU) member states along with government of Canada and Norway have warned Sri Lanka against ending its moratorium on capital punishment and said the island risked losing trade concessi...

Islamic State fighters kill at least 15 Taliban in Afghanistan

July 18, 2018

In Afghanistan, Islamic State fighters attacked the house of a Taliban commander in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pul yesterday, killing at least 15 people as they were attending a prayer cer...

Stature of India has risen in last four years and the country is on pa...

July 17, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, the stature of India has risen in the last four years, and the country is moving forward to touch a new height in the 21st century. Addressing the New India Con...

India to remain fastest growing major economy in 2019: IMF

July 17, 2018

The International Monetary Fund Monday said India remains a key driver of global growth. However, the d World Economic Outlook forecast cut India’s GDP outlook one-tenth for this year to 7.3 pe...

1 on 1 First Summit: US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vlad...

July 17, 2018

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin vowed a fresh start to troubled relations between the two countries, at their first one-on-one summit in Helsinki, Finland yesterd...

China to launch 300 low-orbit satellites to provide worldwide communic...

July 17, 2018

China Monday said, it plans to launch 300 low-orbit satellites to provide worldwide communication services, with the first in the series to be launched later this year. Known as the Hongyan constella...

US not ready to negotiate directly with Taliban: NATO

July 17, 2018

NATO’s Afghanistan mission has denied reports that its commander has said, America is ready to join direct talks with the Taliban. US General John Nicholson spoke with Afghan officials in Kanda...